Turkey: MFRR partners call for an end to crackdown on journalists covering political protests
The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partner organisations call for an immediate end to the crackdown against media after documenting...
IPI condemns police brutality and detentions of journalists reporting widespread protests
The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the widespread attacks against journalists —including physical violence, mass detentions, and sweeping digital...
IPI condemns social media restrictions following Istanbul mayor’s detention
The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the restriction of access to social media taken by Turkey’s authorities in the...
Turkey: Google’s Algorithm Changes Threaten Independent Media
The International Press Institute (IPI) is deeply concerned over the announcement of Turkey’s independent news outlet, Gazete Duvar, of its...
IPI joins MLSA and other orgs to call for release of detained journalists
As press freedom and human rights organizations, we strongly condemn the detention of four journalists on February 18, 2025, and...
IPI and partner organizations call for action as press freedom violations surge in Turkey in 2025
The International Press Institute (IPI), together with undersigned press freedom, freedom of expression, human rights, and journalists’ organizations, and media outlets,...
IPI condemns media coverage restrictions following Bolu hotel fire
The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the Turkish authorities’ media coverage restrictions following the devastating hotel fire in Bolu, which erupted...
IPI announces Scott Griffen as new executive director
The International Press Institute (IPI) today announced Scott Griffen as its new executive director. Griffen has been the organization’s interim...
Turkey: Journalist Nevşin Mengü faces judicial harassment and online smear campaign over interview
On December 13, prominent independent journalist and IPI Turkey National Committee member Nevşin Mengü published an interview on her YouTube...
Joint letter to European Commission President: EU should oppose Türkiye’s “agent of influence” bill
Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission CC: Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security...
IPI joins MLSA and other press freedom organisations to call for release of detained journalists
International Press Institute (IPI), Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) and the undersigned press freedom and human rights organizations are...
Press freedom mission urges Turkey to immediately withdraw law labeling critics as spies
Media freedom groups today called on Turkey’s government to fully withdraw the amendments to the espionage act currently before parliament....
IPI joins MLSA and five press freedom organizations to call for the end of Furkan Karabay’s detention
10Haber reporter Furkan Karabay was detained on November 8, 2024, following his reporting and social media posts regarding the investigation...
IPI urges Turkey to withdraw ‘agents of influence’ bill ahead of parliamentary vote
The International Press Institute (IPI) expresses profound concern regarding the recently introduced “agents of influence” bill, commonly referred to as...
Press freedom and freedom of expression groups, media outlets and civil society condemn regulator’s decision to shutter Açık Radyo
The International Press Institute (IPI), together with 66 undersigned press freedom and freedom of expression groups, media outlets and civil...
Six years on: Still no justice for Jamal Khashoggi
Six years have passed since the brutal murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi national and vocal critic...
Freedom of the press and expression groups alarmed by escalating death threats against journalist Murat Ağırel
The International Press Institute (IPI) and undersigned press freedom and freedom of expression groups strongly condemn the ongoing and intensifying...
Press freedom and freedom of expression groups condemn court decision upholding prison sentence for journalist Bülent Mumay
The International Press Institute (IPI) and the undersigned freedom of the press and expression organizations denounce the decision by Turkish...
IPI condemns targeting of journalists covering trial of former far-right leader’s murder
The International Press Institute (IPI) condemns the coordinated efforts by the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) to intimidate journalists reporting...
Freedom of the press and expression groups condemn broadcast regulator’s silencing of Açık Radyo
The International Press Institute (IPI) and the undersigned freedom of the press and expression organizations condemn the decision by Turkey’s...
The EU must do more to prioritise protecting media freedom and human rights in Türkiye
The undersigned media freedom, human rights and journalists’ groups call on the new European Commission and the new European Parliament...
IPI General Assembly Resolution: Calling for protection of journalists in Gaza, unimpeded access by international media
The members of the International Press Institute (IPI), meeting at their 73nd annual General Assembly during the IPI World Congress...
IPI General Assembly Resolution: States must act to protect environmental and climate journalism
The members of the International Press Institute (IPI), meeting at their 73nd annual General Assembly during the IPI World Congress...
International Media Freedom and Human Rights Organisations Condemn Alarming Surge in Arrests of Kurdish Journalists
The International Press Institute (IPI), Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) and 26 press freedom, freedom of expression and human...
Journalists faced obstruction and violence following local elections
The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, journalists, and media executives for press freedom, condemns a series...
Big tech should protect free speech and resist state censorship
Ahead of Türkiye’s municipal elections on 31 March 2024, ARTICLE 19, Human Rights Watch and 19 rights groups and journalists’...
International Media Freedom and Human Rights Organisations Demand Release of Journalist Dicle Müftüoğlu in Upcoming Trial
As the next hearing of journalist Dicle Müftüoğlu approaches on February 29, 2024, we call for immediate attention to her...
IPI reiterates call for justice on 17th anniversary of Hrant Dink’s assassination
On the 17th anniversary of the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network...
